Nell Gwynn [art original].

Description

Title: Nell Gwynn [art original].
Published / Created: [ca. 1793?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Portrait of Nell Gwyn, half-length to the front, head leaning to the left; her hair curled, a few locks falling over her left shoulder; a string of pearls around her neck; wearing a loose white frock with a low neckline
Description: Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting page.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Date based on publication date of the work in which this drawing is bound.
Bound in opposite page lxxx in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Hamilton, A. Memoirs of Count Grammont. London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?].
Provenance: Formerly owned by Sir William Eden, Bart., with his bookplate in the volumes. Sold at Sotheby's, 1 November 1965, (Sir John Eden, Bart. sale), lot 367, to Pickering & Chatto (Seven Gables Bookshop) for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 9.5 x 9 cm, on sheet 18.3 x 16 cm, inlaid to 37 x 28 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 27 19 793B Copy 2
Collection Title: Volume 3, opposite page lxxx. Memoirs of Count Grammont.
Collection / Other Creator: Hamilton, Anthony, Count, approximately 1646-1720.
Collection Date: London : S. and E. Harding, [1793?]

Genre: Portrait drawings
Wash drawings British 18th century
Material: gray wash ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687,
Subjects: Gwyn, Nell, 1650-1687
British > 18th century
Eden, William, Sir, bart., 1849-1915 > Ownership
Eden, John, Sir, bart., 1925- > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Nell Gwynn. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.